The New Look
Apple TV+ | Release Date: February 14, 2024
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
10
Negative:
3

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Under The RadarLily MoayeriFeb 15, 2024
Season 1 Review: The New Look lags and drags. It takes far too long to get its points across. When it finally does, it does so with not enough conviction. Instead of focusing on the fashion, which is in the title (The New Look was the name of Dior’s first collection when he set up his own house), the 10-episode series keeps forgetting what it’s about and reverts to being a Holocaust story. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydFeb 14, 2024
Season 1 Review: If taken as a whole, the series has a lumbering, scattered quality but there are things to enjoy along the way. Read full review
60
The TelegraphAnita Singh Feb 13, 2024
Season 1 Review: It looks sumptuous but feels pedestrian. Much of that is down to the directorial decisions. Read full review
58
IndieWireProma KhoslaFeb 14, 2024
Season 1 Review: While "The New Look" isn’t badly made or acted, it is just generally unremarkable. It’s too long at 10 episodes, and a challenge to embark on especially once it jumps back to 1943 and promises to cover the horrors of the time. Read full review
43
TV GuideGavia Baker-WhitelawFeb 13, 2024
Season 1 Review: Much of this 10-episode series is a rather dull and thinly written exploration of life in Nazi-occupied Paris. Read full review
40
The Observer (UK)Barbara EllenSep 10, 2024
Season 1 Review: Subtle performances, particularly from Mendelsohn and Williams, end up submerged in a vast, confused, ethically dubious soup of a narrative. Read full review
40
EmpireKelechi EhenuloFeb 22, 2024
Season 1 Review: Mendelsohn and Binoche keep this period drama watchable, but playing fast and loose with its historical premise means the series comes apart at the seams. Read full review
40
iRachael SigeeFeb 14, 2024
Season 1 Review: This series promises a lot but – like its accents – misses the mark too frequently. Never sure whose story it wants to tell – Christian’s, Coco’s or Catherine’s – The New Look feels like three wildly different garments sewn together. Read full review
40
The GuardianLucy ManganFeb 14, 2024
Season 1 Review: It’s just that, as a whole, The New Look doesn’t amount to enough. You could see it as escapism, but that requires accommodation of the fact that the Holocaust is essentially written out of the story in favour of a rivalry over tulle. Read full review
40
The Daily BeastColeman SpildeFeb 13, 2024
Season 1 Review: The New Look’s approach to its subjects’ motivations, desires, and careers is all frustratingly surface-level for such a consequential story. The series struggles to find the balance between gossipy high-fashion drama and war tale, if there is even a sizable middle point to be established between those two stark opposites at all. Read full review
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